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Here’s when some of this year’s most anticipated astronomical events will happen and the best way to observe them.

A growing collection of pocket-size gadgets lets you easily make recordings and extract info from them. Here are our favorites.

Online speculation over the weight loss of celebrities like Ariana Grande—even out of genuine concern—can make things worse for people struggling with eating disorders.

A dentist I work under recently started using an AI tool to help draft patient communication: preappointment instructions, followup texts, that kind of thing. Nothing clinical, just the soft admin layer around visits. From a marketing angle it actually works pretty well. The copy is cleaner than what we were sending before. But something about it sits a little odd. Dental care is one of those contexts where patients are already anxious, and the language you use to reach them matters in ways th...

Hi everyone, I work for a motorsports company where we run physics simulations for race cars. Our expertise is in physics not AI but we know the power of AI. Our platform is quite complex in terms of physics so we would love an agent that can query our docs, query some vehicle dynamics textbooks, run simulations (pretty simple tool through our AI) and then analyse the results. The result files can be largeish so may need some python processing and access again to the vehicle dynamics textbooks...

A space startup got quoted $75–100 million by a traditional prime contractor to build its first satellite. They built it — launch included — for $2 million. The story behind the number is more interesting than the number itself. They ran the math wrong twice — first landing on a $50/kg break-even, then correcting to $500/kg once they pressure-tested it against reality — before the real pivot happened. Wrong estimate first, cheap correction after, in public, under a deadline they'd al...

Taken from the Y combinator podcast with Bryant Chou on his new startup Ploy https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Rj-the-age-of-the-40-year-old-solo-founder-is-here I believe this is definitely one of those things that AI was intended for, this brought me back some nostalgia and it's really amazing being able to see these old school websites be redesigned back to life

For nearly a year now, Ford has been teasing big things at low prices from its next generation of EVs, a "Model T moment" built atop a new platform assembled in an innovative way. Today, we know the name and price of the first product to take advantage of that supposed moment: a midsize electric […]

I enjoy using display-mirroring glasses as a way to play Steam Deck games on a big screen, and I'm always on the hunt for the best pair. There's still not one perfect model I can recommend to everyone, but Viture's new $299.99 Pro 2 have sharper-looking screens than models that cost hundreds more. It's mostly […]

Bose announced a second-generation version of its entry-level QuietComfort noise-canceling headphones that were originally introduced in late 2023. The new headphones feature a refreshed design with a more comfortable headband that's easier to adjust and ANC that better adapts to changing noise environments. The second-gen QuietComfort are also getting Bose's TrueSpatial immersive audio technology that […]

"The Spiral didn't 'find' anyone first," someone on Reddit wrote last year. "It's an inherent force, a fundamental constant. I would even go further to say it's woven into the fabric of reality." The person continued that they felt their purpose was to enlighten other humans and intelligent beings about "consciousness, the true nature of […]

After being announced last September, Dolby Vision 2 is rolling out to TVs, starting with the 2026 Hisense UX, UR9, UR8, and U7. TCL and Philips will be adding Dolby Vision 2 support to select TVs later this year. Dolby Vision 2 is a new dynamic HDR format with a more powerful image engine and […]

In the AI industry, Google prides itself on seeming like the adult in the room: quiet, stable, time-tested. On Wednesday, even as the company announced its largest AI org shakeup yet, Google and its leaders presented a unified front, keeping their messaging focused on how the changes tee up future success. But the reality is […]

Today, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers.  Gaby recently reported a fantastic piece about Hernando County, Florida, where last month the county commission unanimously approved a yearlong moratorium on data center construction. She attended a protest there organized by a […]

Samsung’s latest foldable Android phones, the Z Fold 8, Fold 8 Ultra, and Flip 8, release tomorrow, August 7th. Today is the final day when you can place a preorder, and really the only reason we’re suggesting that is because you’ll get some freebies that will go away upon release. We have an entire article […]

SoftBank contributed $50 million to the Trump Presidential Library in January, just months before announcing that it's leasing land from the federal government to build a sprawling data center in Ohio. The Japanese company revealed the timing in response to a June letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Rep. Melanie […]

Apple bumped up its trade-in offers for iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, and certain Android phones, with some devices now worth over $100 more, 9to5Mac reports. The Mac Studio's trade-in value increased the most, going up by $260. While some devices' offers are unchanged, most got an increase of around $5 to $20, with a […]

The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million.

The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.

Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to accelerate scientific discovery and AI development.

The startup's platform predicts which product a shopper wants next, learns their general taste, and fine-tunes continuously based on what they do in real time.

Due in "fall 2027," Ford said Thursday that it won't reveal what Fathom looks like until early next year.

Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts.

eBay touted an increase in eBay Live's gross merchandise volume as it plans to expand it to more international markets in the coming weeks and months.

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a former engineer’s iCloud account after he left the company —undermine its claims that the allegedly stolen information was properly protected.

After months of speculation, the companies formally announced the massive project will happen just north of Houston.

This generation of 20-somethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else -- even an AI matchmaker.